The convoluted cordlike structure attached to the posterior of the TESTIS. Epididymis consists of the head (caput), the body (corpus), and the tail (cauda). A network of ducts leaving the testis joins into a common epididymal tubule proper which provides the transport, storage, and maturation of SPERMATOZOA.
    

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The mechanism of the gubernaculum testis : with an introductory sketch of the development of the testes, and an appendix on the purpose of their descent from the abdomen. Prize thesis / by John Cleland.

Cryptorchidism in man and animals, and ectopic testes (mal-descent of testes)

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The mechanism of the gubernaculum testis : with an introductory sketch of the development of the testes, and an appendix on the purpose of their descent from the abdomen. Prize thesis / by John Cleland.

Cryptorchidism in man and animals, and ectopic testes (mal-descent of testes)